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Genesis 29:4-5 - Compare All Versions

Genesis 29:4-5 NIV (New International Version)

Jacob asked the shepherds, “My brothers, where are you from?” “We’re from Harran,” they replied. He said to them, “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson?” “Yes, we know him,” they answered.

Genesis 29:4-5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.” He said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” They said, “We know him.”

Genesis 29:4-5 NLT (New Living Translation)

Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?” “We are from Haran,” they answered. “Do you know a man there named Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” he asked. “Yes, we do,” they replied.

Genesis 29:4-5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

Jacob asked the men at the well, “My brothers! Where are you from? ” “We’re from Haran,” they answered. “Do you know Laban, Nahor’s grandson? ” Jacob asked them. They answered, “We know him.”

Genesis 29:4-5 KJV (King James Version)

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

Genesis 29:4-5 NKJV (New King James Version)

And Jacob said to them, “My brethren, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.” Then he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”

Genesis 29:4-5 MSG (The Message)

Jacob said, “Hello friends. Where are you from?” They said, “We’re from Haran.” Jacob asked, “Do you know Laban son of Nahor?” “We do.”

Genesis 29:4-5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.” So he said to them, “Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?” And they said, “We know him.”

Genesis 29:4-5 AMP (Amplified Bible)

Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.” So he said to them, “Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor [Abraham’s brother]?” And they replied, “We know him.”

Genesis 29:4-5 NET (New English Translation)

Jacob asked them, “My brothers, where are you from?” They replied, “We’re from Haran.” So he said to them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” “We know him,” they said.